Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To discuss at length.

    talk at great length about something of one's interest

  2. (intransitive)To sing or play a descant.

    sing in descant

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus. Doublet of discant.

From Anglo-Norman descaunt, from Medieval Latin discantus. Doublet of discant.

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Forms

descants, descanting, descanted, descanted
Base formdescant · to descant
3rd person singulardescants
Present participledescanting
Past simpledescanted
Past participledescanted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydescant
he, she, itdescants

Past simpleLesson

all personsdescanted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave descanted
he, she, ithas descanted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill descant

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • sing by changing register; sing by yodeling:yodelwarble

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddescanter

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
derogatoryderrydesalinationdescendB2descendant
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